He was shot and stabbed to death in his Midtown…

Salvatore Maranzano

Salvatore Maranzano was an organized crime figure from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss in the United States.one of the two founding GODFATHERS of the American Mafia

Salvatore Maranzano - Find A Grave.

Giuseppe Siragusa (1882 – September 13, 1931) known as the “Yeast Baron” because he became wealthy selling yeast to home breweries during Prohibition. Siragusa took over leadership of the Pittsburgh crime family after the murder of Stefano Monastero in 1929. It is believed that Siragusa was a loyal follower of the Brooklyn Castellammarese family led by Stefano Magaddino and later Salvatore Maranzano. Like many bosses in smaller cities, Siragusa made tribute payments to Maranzano who…

Murder of Salvatore Maranzano

Salvatore Sabella was the boss of the Philadelphia Mafia and was related to Stefano Magaddino, the notorious Buffalo boss. His brother Dominick Sabella was a member of the Brooklyn based Castellammare organization under Cola Schiro and later Salvatore Maranzano